Billy Beane

Quick Facts

Full Name	Billy Beane
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Mar 29, 1962(1962-03-29)
Age	62
Birthplace	Orlando
Country	United States
Birth City	Florida
Horoscope	Pisces

Billy Beane Biography

Billy Beane is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on March 29, 1962 in Orlando, Florida, United States. General Manager of Oakland Athletics who was the inspiration for the 2003 book and the 2011 popular movie Money Ball.

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The New York Mets, who had the first overall selection of the 1980 Major League Baseball Draft, were enamored with Beane’s talent and considered choosing him with the first pick. Because many teams believed he would attend Stanford and not sign with a professional team, Beane fell to the 23rd pick, where he was taken by the Mets, who had two other first-round picks that year, allowing them to risk Beane not signing. After visiting the Mets clubhouse, Beane decided to sign with the Mets for a $125,000 signing bonus ($387,874 in current dollar terms). Beane called his decision to sign with the Mets instead of going to Stanford as the “only decision he would ever make in his life about money.”

Beane remained in Jackson until 1984, when he received his first promotion to MLB, appearing in five games for the 1984 New York Mets. In 1985, Beane spent most of the season with the Tidewater Tides of the Class AAA International League, getting called up to the 1985 Mets for eight games. He batted .284 for the Tides in 1985, leading the team with 19 home runs and 77 runs batted in. Following the season, the Mets traded Beane with Joe Klink and Bill Latham to the Minnesota Twins for Tim Teufel and Pat Crosby, a minor league player.

He had two children, Brayden and Tinsley together alongside his partner Tara Beane.

Billy Beane Net Worth

Billy Beane is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Billy Beane 's net worth $14 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a part of The Mets, Twins, Tigers and Athletics throughout his five- year professional career in the field as an outfielder.

He was listed as in the Top 10 GM’s of the Decade by Sports Illustrated in 2009.

William Lamar Beane III (born March 29, 1962) is a former American professional baseball player and current front office executive. He is the executive vice president of baseball operations and minority owner of the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB); he is also minority owner of Barnsley FC of the EFL Championship in England. From 1984 to 1989 he played in MLB as an outfielder for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, and Oakland Athletics. He joined the Athletics’ front office as a scout in 1990, was named general manager after the 1997 season, and was promoted to executive vice president after the 2015 season.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Billy Beane height 6 ft 4 in Billy weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Billy Beane Dating?

According to our records, Billy Beane married to Tara Beane. As of December 1, 2023, Billy Beane’s is not dating anyone.

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Beane succeeded Alderson as GM on October 17, 1997. He continued Alderson’s crafting of the Athletics into one of the most cost-effective teams in baseball. For example, in the 2006 MLB season, the Athletics ranked 24th of 30 major league teams in player salaries but had the 5th-best regular-season record.

Facts & Trivia

Billy Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Billy Beane celebrates birthday on March 29 of every year.

Due to the Oaklands Athletic’s success and its irregular low payroll, Beane was the subject of author Michael Lewis’s 2003 best-selling book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. The book discusses Beane’s methods as the GM of the Athletics and how he, along with Harvard-educated statistician Paul DePodesta, used sabermetric principles to run his team in a cost-effective way. According to the book, this allowed him to be successful despite his financial constraints. The book and Beane’s methods have influenced the way many think about the game of baseball, including other teams and players. Brad Pitt played the role of Beane in the 2011 film Moneyball. Pitt was nominated for the 2012 Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance.

Is Moneyball A True Story Billy Beane?

“Is Moneyball a true story?” The answer is yes. It was based on the book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, written by Michael Lewis. In the movie, Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) came up with a strategic approach to reinvent his baseball team, the Oakland A’s.

Is Billy Beane still the GM of the A's?

The 59-year-old Beane is the current executive vice president of baseball operations for the Oakland Athletics — an organization he has spent the last 31 years with, first joining as a scout in 1990 before he was named general manager after the 1997 season. He was promoted to executive vice president in 2015.

Is Billy Beane's daughter a singer?

No, she is not a singer. Billy Beane’s daughter singing rumours came after the release of the film Moneyball where Kerris Dorsey portrays her character.

Did Billy Beane ever win?

The closest Beane has ever come to winning the World Series was in 2006 , when his A’s lost to the Detroit Tigers in the ALCS. On the other hand, the New York Yankees, the most successful franchise in all of professional sports with 26 world championships, haven’t used the tactics of “Moneyball.”

Was Peter Brand a real person?

The role was originally going to be given DePodesta’s name and portrayed by Demetri Martin, but DePodesta did not want his name or likeness to be used in the movie, so the character was named Peter Brand. Brand is a composite of Beane’s assistants in Oakland, not an accurate representation of any specific person.